1.   Cerrejon is the second largest open pit coal mine in the world.

2.   BHP must remove the water from the lake, clean it and divert it to a nearby lake before the open pit mine can be built.

3.   A major open pit coal mine is planned at the boundary of Jasper National Park in Alberta.

4.   His photos, for example, of thousands of gold miners crawling around a Brazilian pit mine recall Renaissance scenes of the Last Judgment.

5.   The new mine would be underground, with less impact on the environment than open pit mines.

6.   The rebels took over the huge open pit coal mine last week and kidnapped several Serb mine workers, halting all mine production.

7.   An avalanche buried five children who were skiing in an open pit mine in Siberia, killing them all, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Saturday.

8.   But police failed to hold back crowds flocking to the open pit mine in support of the strikers.

9.   Chitalu said Anglo American is among six foreign companies bidding for five underground mines, one open pit mine and other facilities.